The Osceola times., 1887-09-10
ITEMS ABOUT WOMEN.


Mrs. CRAWFORD. Paris correspond.
ent of the London Daily Neus and
Truth, is said to earn ten thousand dol.
lars year by her pen.
NINE. TRELAr left nearly all her
property, about Ei00, 900. to the Paris
municipality. to found school for the
training of girls in household duties.
Miss JULIA WARD HOWE has re.
ceived set Of silver from the Sons Of
st. George, as testimonial for her
services to the lodge on the occasion
of the Queens jubilee.
Mrs. HESTER NJ. Poole, for the las,
nine years editor of woman's depart
ment in the Rciigio- Philosophical Jour.
nal. retires from her post crowned
with high eacomiums from the editor.
in-chief, and with tho genuine regre,
of all who have read her column.
Mrs. Dir. ELLIS. an American lady,
is physician to the Queen of Corea.
She has apartments in the royal palace
at Seoul, and receives a yearly salary
which is equal to eighteen Thousand
dollars. She is expected to visit the
Queen daily. and remains in call when
Her Majesty is indisposed
Mrs. JoHN FIELD. Of Philadelphia,
has given paintings, eighty-three in all,
to Williams College. and money to
erect building for sanderson Acad-
emy. at Ashlield. The paintings in.
clude works by Rousseau. Troyon.
Weld, Kensett and Cropsy. In the
| building at Ashiield for Sondcrson
Academy. memorial room will b.
fitted up in memory of her husband.
Mrs. MARGARET w. CAMPBELL, o.
East Dcs Moincs, Ia. advises the WON
en- of that State to offer their votes al
the next election, claiming that womer
may vote there without violating any
law. The constitution Of Iowa desig
mates male citizens as voters, but il,
nowhere in express terms prohibits fc-
male citizens from voting.
Miss S. NJ. HoLLETr, formerly en-.
crossing clerk in the Iowa Senate,
now of Denison. la, has inaugurated
in Crawford County u system. which
has worked so successfully elsewhere.
of reporting each day the sales, mort
cages, mechanics liens, chattcl mort
cages and judgments filed. She ex.
amines daily the official records. pre-
pares and distributes the reports
through the mail to her patrons. who
find it valuable assistance in their
business. Miss Holletts enterprise has
proved successful beyond her expecta.
tions, and is an evidence of the ca
pacity and energy Of the Iowa girls.
MARY PEABODY, of Salem, became
the wife of the late Horace Mann. who
had n head as destitute of imagination
as Hawthorne was full of ii. She
wrote the novel OF slave life in Cuba
entitled "Juanita," which was pub
lished last spring, a few weeks after
her rlamented death. aud was the con-
slant companion of her sister Eliza
beth, who Is the original promoter Of
the kindergartens, which Mrs. Quincy
Shaw has taken under her special pro
lection. Sophia Peabody had the fort
une to wed the shy but powerful ro.
mancer, Nathaniel Hawthorne. She
was equal to the situation, and in the
Life Of HAWTHORNE" which has been
written by his son, there is nothing
more beautiful than the womanly sym.
pathy which she supplied TO the man
of genius ttN.tI
Mis-. +. A. w SINNER. who, thirty.
five years ago, co-operated with Miss
Gregory in founding the Mount Car
roll Seminary, at Mount Carroll, ILL.,,
and who for many years has been It's
sole proprietor, giving the best ener
gies of her life TO its service, to in
sure, not only the continuation but the
growth Of the institution, wishes to
put 1t under the control of those hay-
ing ability and funds, who are warmly
interested in thc higher education OF
women. She proposes to donate the
seminary property, free of incum,
brance, TO an association that VIII
raise an endowment Of sl00,0oo-be
this association composed of former
students, IN orthodox religious body
or the two unitcd-this endowment to
be placed under the control of "A board
of trustees, and the income used Tor
| the beueft ~ tho In { titution